Leinster v Ulster Fri Jan 8th 7:35pm KO

[againstthehead]

It's time a ref or two pulled Gibson-Park for ducking the tackle.

His head's invariably about 18" off the turf every time he comes near a tackle.

Find a law saying it's not allowed...

Is it allowed now?

Didn't use to be.

I bow to your better knowledge

What about jumping the tackle which you see more often nowadays?

That was never allowed in my day either.

I'm getting too old for this.

Jumping into a tackle is also not an offence under the laws.

really? I'm pretty sure it used to be?

[Lurgan Lad]

To be fair the ref has been pretty good

[Cap'n Grumpy]

When I played, both of those were offences and were strictly applied.

The first was deemed to be illegally preventing a fair tackle, the second was dangerous play towards a tackler.

I confess I never read the laws, but that was drummed into us even at school and whether in the laws or not was certainly an interpretation by referees, probably before you were born.

[John_e_boy]

Cooney
Burns
Faddes
Coetzee
Maybe McCloskey

They lost us this game tonight.

Our pack (minus the exiting saffer) were immense.

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Can Joy not get another one of our players yellow carded?

We play better with 14

[John_e_boy]

When I played, both of those were offences and were strictly applied.

The first was deemed to be illegally preventing a fair tackle, the second was dangerous play towards a tackler.

I confess I never read the laws, but that was drummed into us even at school and whether in the laws or not was certainly an interpretation by referees, probably before you were born.

Sorry aul han, if those things were reffed as being illegal, shoot the ref. And the teacher. And the coach.

[HammerTime]

Shocking performance.

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Cooney
Burns
Faddes
Coetzee
Maybe McCloskey

They lost us this game tonight.

You giving no credit to Leinster's defence?

They're not one of the best teams in Europe simply because some opposition players in every match don't play to their potential.

[John_e_boy]

Shocking performance.

Harsh I say. Our pack (minus Coetzee) was immense.

[Lurgan Lad]

Fair enough disappointing to lose a match we were ahead in at half time, but for Leinster to play their big guns and for us to a bit away from them but not a massive gulf is probably a step forward.

[fermain]

I think it was a decent game against a very strong Ladyboys side

[Lurgan Lad]

And thank goodness I can now turn my laptop off and listen to that commentator!

[Jockster]

Fair play to both teams--Leinster knew they were in a hard game tonight SUFTUM

[John_e_boy]

Cooney
Burns
Faddes
Coetzee
Maybe McCloskey

They lost us this game tonight.

You giving no credit to Leinster's defence?

They're not one of the best teams in Europe simply because some opposition players in every match don't play to their potential.

I won't give the opposition credit for our mistakes. Our missed tackles. Our tom kite decision-making. Our tom kite box kicking. Our high tackles. Our sleeping defensively.

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Shocking performance.

Ulster stopped Leinster from playing for most of the first half.

Leinster did the reverse in the second.

The difference was that they took points nearly every time they visited our 22.

Their defence won this match as much as their attack.